Fare-indicator.



PATENTED OCT. 8, 1907.

B. SCHNEIDERt FARE INDICATOR.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 14, 19Go.

No, 867,609. PATENTED OCT. 8,1907.

B. SCHNEIDER= PARBINDIGATOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1908 BSHEETS--SHEET 2.

' No. 867,609. u PAIBNTED 00T. a, 1907.

B. SCHNEIDER. PARE INDICATOR.

f APPLICATION FILED SEPT.14,1DO6.

' SHEETS-SHEET 3 `odometer stops the watch, with the result that theBERTHOLD SCHNEIDER,

or BERLT, GERMANY;

FARE-INDICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1907 Appncptipp nea september 14,1906. sensi up.334,656.A

To all whom it may eoneem:

Be it known that I, BEn'rHoLn SCHNEIDER, engineer, a citizen oi theEmpire oi Germany, and a resident o lOl/102 Bernauerstrasse, Berlin,Germany, have made certain new and useful Improvements inFare-Indicators, of which the following is a specification.

Fare-indicators, as heretofore usually constructed, are provided withapparatus for measuring time and distance, herein respectively referredto as the watch andthe odometer, that are so arranged in relation toeach other that the stopping of the odometer automatically sets thewatch going while the starting of the watch continues to run not onlywhen the vehicle moves very slowly or stops intentionally for aconsiderable period, but also when the stoppages are short andunintentional, for instance, when trafhc -is held up; and that thepassenger has to 'pay for the time con-- sumed by these stoppages.

New the object oi the present invention is to `obviate this deiect andto this end the watch is put into opera` tion by means of a speciallever, actuated by the driver, only when the passenger has to pay forthe time consumed in stoppages, while it is automatically put out ofengagement, upon the starting of the vehicle or the adjustment o theindicator to Cash, short unintentional stoppages consequently remaininguni'ndicated. Whenever the watch is set going by means of the speciflleven-adisk bearing a suitable inscription, such, for instance,lasWaiting, which until then has been concealed trom the passenger, comesin sight in front of the disk indicating the different fares and thelike, and remains visible until the vehicle starts or the apparatus isadjusted to HCash, whereupon it automatically disappears. l

The accompanying drawings illustrate a fare indicator in accordance withthis invention, satisfying the above mentioned requirements and whereinthe adjustment for the different fares, ier Cash and Empty .is effectedby means ol the ting shaft;

Figure 1 is a front elevation of such parts of a tare indicator inaccordance with the invention as are requisite lor the properunderstanding thereol in the positions they assuine when the watch isgoing. Fig. 2 is a corresponding side-elevation,v and Fig. 3 is a irontelevation showing the watch stopped and the odometer out oi engagement.The shaft il, which is provided with a handle 2, a handvheel or thelike, and is subject'- to the action oi a spiral spring 3, that iscoiled round it and tends to maintain it and its handle 2 in theirinitial positions, is rotatabiy mounted in the rear plate 1 ol the areindicator casing. Un the shalt el .there is rotatably mounned ascgn'iental disk which bears a suitable inscription. sul-h. iorinstance, as Waiting time and i i i l wnnh [s so arranged that it can bemoved in iront o1 j the disk 6, on'which the fares and the like isindicated and which is rigidly attached lo the (lag shalt, so as locover a suitable portion ol this latter disk. Tho disk 5 has formed init concentric-ally to the shui t l a slot S which serves as a guide andstop lor a pin 9 attached to the shalt 4; and this disk is norm; llymaintained by means ol a spring 10 in the disengaged position, in Whichposition it is concealed by the easing ol the lare indicator. Upon astud 11 there is niounted to oscillate alever 14, which is subject tothe action oi a spiral Spring 13, and which when the watch is inengagement engages by means oi a detent 12 with a correspondingprojection 15 on the disk 5 and by this means retains this disk intheraised position. Upon the rotation ol the shaft 4, .a cam 16 mountedthereon sets upon two levers ol the iirst order 1S and 1.9 which arepivoted on a common stud 43 on the bedplate 17. The lever 155l issubject' to the action ol a spiral sp .ig 20, and when the upper end olthis lever is moved laterally to the left a rod 21 attached theretopresses t against the lever 14, and thereby discngages its detent 12from the projection 15 on the disk 5, and allows this disk to assume theposition in which it is invisible. I

To the lower end of the lever 1S there is attached a laterallyprojecting catch 22 which, when the lever 1S is oscillated, engages withthe projections 23 and 24 on the arms .o two levers oi the first order2G and 27, that are subject to the action oi' springs 2S and 29 and are.

pivoted on a common stud 25 on the bed plate 17. The other arms of theselevers 26, 27 are provided with projections 30, 31 which, when the watchis in engagement, as shown in Fig. 1, project into the path oi two teeth33, 34 upon the disk 32 geared to the wheels of the vehicle. The arms olthe levers oi the tirst order 26, 27, which carry the projections 23,24, are moreover provided with oblique recesses 35, with which, when thewatch is put into engagement, there engages a transverse rod 37 attachedto the lower arm o the lever 19, which is acted upon by the spring 36.

The upper arm of the lever 19 projects into the path or a` cam 38attached to vthe Hag shaft 7, by means oi which the watch is thrown outof engagement, when the apparatus is adjusted to Cash.

By means of a stirrup-haped piece 39 there is attached to the lever 1SYa spring blade 40 which, when the watch is stopped, arrests its balanceand when the watch is set going releases it.

The mode of operation oi the rare indicator is as ioli lowsz-Letl itlie-assumed that the tare indicator is in action and that the passengerdesires the vehicle to stop il 1r a while. The driver will then turn thehandle in the direction indicated by the arrowZ, whereby, by means el'the pin and slot connection 8, 9, the disk 5 will also be rotated andcaused to assume the position show-n in Fig. 1, wherein the inscriptionon the disk 5 is rendered visible to the passenger, while the disl;

6'on which the fares are shown, is partly concealed. When the disk 5 isin this position the detent 12 of the lever 14, which is rotatablearound llengages the projection 1,5 on the disk 5 and vmaintains thedisk in a horizontal position against theaction of the spring- 10.

Simultaneously with the movement of the disk 5 -in front ofthe disk `6the two levers 18 and 19 are by means l of the cam 16 caused to assumethe positions shown in Figdl, wherein the balance 41 of the clockmechanism vis released. The catch 22 of the lever 18 is pressed by.

the vehicle has been'stopped is ended, that is to say, if the fareindicator is adjustedat once to Cash thev cam 38 on the flag shaft 7,,is by'the rotation of this shaft caused to press against the upper armof the lever 19, which is thereby rocked on the stud 43 againsttheaction bf the springv 36. 'The rod'37 on the lower arm oi the lever19 consequently slides over the 'oblique surfaces of therecesses 35 onthelevers 2'6, 27, `and 4moves these levers in the direction indicatedby the i arrow 44. By'this means one' of the projections 23 or 24 isthrown out of engagement with the catch 22, andthe upper arm of thelever 19 is consequently free 0 be dfawniowards the left b5 the spuug201 whereby disk' for indicating cash and die like, means for shifting4the spring blade 40 is again brought into'contact with thebala'nce wheel4l and tlie Watch is stopped. The rod 21 is simultaneouslyvpressedagainst the lever 14 .which is thereby moved laterally to an extentsufiicient to effect 'the disengagement of the detent 12 andtheprojection 15 on the disk.5, whereupon this-disk is moved by the spiralspring 10 from the horizontal vinto',

the vertical position, that is to say into the position in which it isinvisible. (Fig. 3); If-` however, the

passenger, after having delayed the vehicle for some time, desired tocontinue his journey, will be necessary that the watch should bcautomatically stopped,

as the driver might occasionally iorgetto stop it,"iI`iy which case thepassenger would have to pay 4not only for the distance traveled, butalsofor the time occupied. For this purpose there are provided on the disk32, whichA is geared to the vehicle wheels and actuates the fareindicator projecting teeth 33, 34, alreadyreierred to, which strikeagainst the projections 30, 31 on the locking levers 26, 27. Should thevehicle s tart while the watch is going and the mechanism is in theposition shown in Fig. l, the projections 30, 31 will successively beraised by r'rieans of the teeth 33, 34, whereby thelecking levers 26, 27will be oscillatcd on the stud 25.' The projections 23, 24, willconsequently release the catch 22whereup0'n the leves 18 will throughAthe actioiijoi .the spring 20 be caused toI assume the position shownin Fig. 3, wherein it stops'the watch, and, by'means` Y of the rod l21,`releases the. disk 5, and allows it to fall back into its invisibleposition. l

Ii in place of the two locking levers 26, 27, onlyone such lever wereprovided,` it might easily loccur, that upon the stoppage of thevehicle, one of the teeth 33, 34 might be directly beneath theprojectionon this lever, in-which case it would-not he possible to 'putstarts or when the watch into engagement or to maintain it therein.

As the two projections 30, 31 ofthe levers 26, 27, are

displaced inrelation to each other, the teeth 33, 34 of y same is to beperformed I d'eclare'that what l claim is:

1. A fare indicator for vehicles comprising time mechanism-a'ctu*atingmeans under the control of the' driver of the vehicle for throwing saidtime mechanism ,into operation when the vehiclelstops, means forindicating'l cash and the like, means for shiftingsald. lndicating'meansto Cash means operated by said actuating means for concealing said''indicating means, and means fornutomatically discontinuing theoperation of thetlriie mechanism for returning said concealing means tonormal position'when-the vehicle re- .sumes its journey or when saidindicating means is shifted to Cash l f .s

2. 'A' fnreindicator comprising n shaft, 'a'

"gk for inai- 4eating cash and the like, means for sniftmg'ssiddisk toCash, a disk 5 mounted upon the sha'ft'nnd provided Y with a suitableinscription, a handle for actuating the shaft causing thereby theshifting of the disk -5 in front'of the I indicating disk,` meansforvretaining the 'disk 5 in Y-its shift`v .l .ed position, and`meansfor `automatically returning the disk 5 to its normal position when theV vehiclesarts or when th'e indicator-disk is adjusted to Cesky 'l l.'

A fare-indicator for vehiclesl comprising Va shaft, a'.

said disk to Cash a disk 5 mounted upon :the shaft and provided with asuitable inscription, a handle for actuating 4the shaft causing therebythe shifting'of the disk 5 in `front of the' indicating disk, meansforretaining the disk 5,in its shifted position, means for automaticallyreturning the disk 5 to its normal position when the vehicle theindicator-disk is adjusted to x Cash, and means for automaticallyreturning the shaft' and handle to normal position. i

4.- A fare-indicator for vehicl'cs comprising a shaft, a disk Aforindicating cash and the like, -means-for shifting said disk to C'ash adisk 5 mounted upon the shaft and provided with a suitable inscription,a handle for actuating the shaft ,causing thereby the shifting oi'the'disk 5 in front of the indicating disk, means for 'retaining thedisk 5 in its ',shfted position, means for automatically returning thedisk 5 andshaft to noi-mal position when the vehicle starts 'or .whenthe indicator-disk is adjusted` to Casli,. a time mechanism, 'meansoperated whenthe vehicle starts or when` the indicator-disk is adjustedto f Cash for retarding the operation of the time mechanism, a camcarried by ,the shaft, and a lever mechanism adapted to be actuated bysaid camior releasing said retarding means f or the time mechanism.

5.`A 'fare-indicator for vehicles comprising a shaft, a

disk for indicatingcash and the like, means for shiftingA said disk toCash, disk 5 mounted upon the' shaft and provided with a suitableinscription, handle for actuating the shaft causing thereby .theshifting the Adisk 5 in front of the indicating disk, means forretaining thedlsk 5 in'its shifted position, a timemechanism, meansoperated when the vehicle starts or when the indicatoihdiskis adjustedtov VAV Cash for retarding the operation of the time mechanism,

`a cam carried bythe shaft, and a-lever mechanism adapted to be actuatedby said cam for releasing said retardiug means forv the time mechanism.In testimony .whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

V v BERTHOLD SCHNEIDER. Witnesses: HENRY Hiisrnn, WOLDEMAR HAUPT.

